Kingston DataTraveler Reader

Kingston DataTraveler Reader

Frazier Barretto, May 09, 2007 1700 hrs IST

A solution to your data transfer setbacks. This flash drive with its 2 GB capacity could seems useful, but is it worth the loot?

2 GB inbuilt capacity, Card Reader, Good build quality.

Only support for MMC and SD, Heats up, Expensive.

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Performance

Single File Read 700 MB
Time Taken: 1 Min 18 Seconds
Speed: 8.97 MBps

Single File Write (700 MB)
Time Taken: 1 Min 45 Seconds
Speed: 6.66 MBps

Multiple File Read (588 MB/766 Files/11 Folders)
Time Taken: 1 Min 8 Seconds
Speed: 8.64 MBps

Multiple File Write (588 MB/766 Files/11 Folders)
Time Taken: 3 Min 40 Seconds
Speed: 2.67 MBps

Performance wise the drive is nothing spectacular. The results are average and the only thing going for the drive is the card reader that is what makes a difference, but nothing to brag about performance wise. A simple 2 GB drive from Kingston performs much better than the DataTraveler Reader.

Single File Write

Laptop

Write: 2 Minutes 17 Seconds (from which 30 seconds was taken for space allocation)

Read: 58 Seconds

DataTraveler Reader

Write: 2 Minutes 10 Seconds (from which 20 seconds was taken for space allocation)

Read: 25 Seconds.

As far as the card reader goes, we used a 256 MB SD card of Kingston and transferred a 170 MB file. There wasn't much of a difference between the laptop card reader and the DataTraveler Reader. But among all the tests, DataTraveler was comparatively faster, it has an exceptionally fast read speed cutting down by half the time.

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USER COMMENTS

IT IS VERY NICE AND VERY USEFUL

by RIAZUDDIN, HYDERABAD, on Sep 15, 2007 11:00 PM, Report abuse   Reply

is this available in bangalore or eaby.in ? wat is the cost of this ?

by hanu_blr, blr, on May 22, 2007 08:32 PM, Report abuse   Reply

very good

by V. K. Shukla, Ambedkarnagar, on May 20, 2007 07:32 PM, Report abuse   Reply

tell mev rate

by raj, hisar, on May 11, 2007 09:37 AM, Report abuse   Reply

to hell with sony. Does this drive support Vista Readyboost? If not then to hell with this drive as well!

by Samir, Mumbai, on May 11, 2007 06:44 AM, Report abuse   Reply

stupid reviewer add the average price of a (good) card reader to the average price of a (good) 2GB drive, and a small premium for the sheer innovation of the idea. it is justified

by angad, fds, on May 10, 2007 05:46 PM, Report abuse   Reply

See.. People are smart & they will always check for compatibility when they purchase some product. Also I don?t agree that only SONY product gives better performance. If u open a SONY product u will find same hardware inside as used by other vendors. Also in near future I will not be surprised to see SONY supporting SD/MMC/microSD formats. Bcso Just like other vendors they want to sell their product.

by Shailendra, Panvel, on May 10, 2007 02:22 PM, Report abuse   Reply

......Bcso Just like other vendors they want to sell their product in Millions !

by Shailendra, Panvel, on May 10, 2007 02:24 PM, Report abuse

HAI HOW AREYOU IAM CHETAN YOU COMMENT PLEASE

by CHETHAN, BANGLORE, on May 10, 2007 02:15 PM, Report abuse   Reply

good device!!Why do u want sony support also ? Sony is an exclusive and monopoly, it does not share its ideas and devices with others in the world because they want the sole advantage. We in hindi say they want the "pura laddoo" they do,nt want to share it with the world.

by bipin desai, Navsari, on May 10, 2007 06:37 AM, Report abuse   Reply

Proprietary Crap!

by Shailendra, Panvel, on May 10, 2007 09:10 AM, Report abuse

I agree completely with Bipin. Sony is a company known to keep its technology for itself. It is only because of pressure from the non usage of the format that sony will open its technology. The rest of the companies have often done that to sony. In instances where they have not, sony with its penchant for patents and trademarks has failed with its products. Take the mini disc for instance... With today's technological longevity!! no one should be allowed to patent stuff for more than a couple of years.

by Francis Dias, Mumbai, on May 10, 2007 09:35 AM, Report abuse

hello? sony does not need to share their ideas with the other companies of the world! they do not need to first put in huge investment for R&D and then share there stuf with the world! lol... they make quality stuff and i see nothing wrong if they want to gain advantage from it..dont all companies work for benefit? and this is also not completely true sony with samsumg , lg , philips and many many more companies has together developed the blu ray techonology..so in that case the benefit will go to all..

by ritu, delhi, on May 10, 2007 10:40 AM, Report abuse

and yes about the mini disk...i own a mini disk player..and know atleast 10 other people who own it..and they are all people who are very very concious about sound quality, some of them are producers of music and they like to keep their music on that! it might not be selling like ipods are..but it all depends on the person..the sound quality of the MD player cannot be compared to any flash based player..and people who understand and care about that will never buy some silly ipod or some other mp3 player

by ritu, delhi, on May 10, 2007 10:43 AM, Report abuse

I had seen a Nokia SD-MMC card reader just like this Kingston one but it didn't had inbuilt memory. The reader cost INR 400 3 months ago... It was really small and accepted SD & MMC cards... Also If you want faster speeds then you can buy SD Cards (100X -150X). They are cheap and pretty fast. I got a 1 GB, 150X mini-SD Card for $12 from US. It's Damn Fast!!!

by Grawp, The Dark Forest, on May 10, 2007 10:30 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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